The Mediterranean Diet: What Is It and Why Is It So Good? There are so many diets out there it’s easy to become confused about how to eat. Now, new annual rankings from U.S. News & World Report reveal that the best diets for 2018 is a tie, with the Mediterranean Diet and DASH Diet…

Here’s What Happened When I Tried Intermittent Fasting For Three Weeks Hi everyone, Before I get into fasting, I want to announce that I will be switching from a once weekly blog post to a once monthly post. I’m much busier with patients now than when I started (a great thing) and I’m also running…

What’s the Best Sleeping Position? One of the most important conversations I have with my patients is asking them how they sleep. Sleeping is something we all do and on the face of it, seems pretty simple. But in fact, it’s pretty easy to screw up. The position we spend eight hours in can lead…

Does Your Bike Fit You? If you’re getting aches and pains from cycling that are preventing you from going further, it may be time to look at the fit of your bike. A poorly fitting bike can be uncomfortable at best, and cause long term effects at worse. When I take x-rays of regular road…

Teach Every Child About Food Life is getting faster and busier than ever. I get home at 6:30pm most days and struggle to get a healthy meal on the table in 30 minutes. Trying to add teaching my kids to cook to that routine is difficult, I admit. However, I’ve tried to place my children’s…

Four Factors That Can Impede Your Recovery in Oakland CA Pain is a funny thing. When we feel it, we’re incredibly motivated to do something about it. We research online, we see specialists, we do exercises and change how we eat, we change our ergonomics at work – all to stop the pain. Then, when…

Did You Know That Most World-Class Athletes See A Chiropractor? I’ve been watching the Olympics in the evenings with my kids. My son’s favorite thing to look up on OnDemand is the “Best Crashes of the Olympics.” Man, there are a lot of them. As a chiropractor, I can’t help but wince and think “Ouch!”…

Ways to Improve Morton’s Neuroma Without Surgery in oakland ca “I feel so good now. My neck feels better, no more headaches! My back feels great! Now if I could only figure out this foot pain.” My patient said this to me after I’d been seeing her for months. “Why didn’t you tell me about…

Prevent Gardening Pain in oakland ca Spring is in the air and many of my patients are spending their weekends gardening – in February. I know, it’s been a bit of a guilty pleasure to enjoy this 70-80+ degree weather as we end our eighth day of record-setting warm temps. But fears about our future…

Not All Vitamins Are Created Equal in oakland ca Normally, we control our own skeletal muscles. For those of you who have woken up with severe pain in your legs in the middle of the night, you know that this is not always the case. There is no known cause of nocturnal leg cramps, but…

"Dr. Carolyn Finnegan is the best chiropractor I've known. She is a very thoughtful and knowledgeable doctor. Shes one who understands a problem and deals with it to its disappearance or tremendous improvement."

- Irene L.

"She truly cares about the overall wellbeing of a person. She is also not shy if its something she's not able to support with something. She is a gifted Chiropractor. My clients also rave about her that I've referred to her. Thanks Carolyn."